Transfer Portal w IU Interest

[Chris007 44,918]

3 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

I don't disagree with that, there are likely some that may come in large part due to Woodson.

I just think it will be hard to say Woodson is "landing guys" when we are the highest bidder.

Exactly we can pay more so guy’s want to come play here when they’re getting the biggest check. Also we don’t want to become the place that gets you to the NBA but doesn’t make the sweet 16.

[rcbowla 7,152]

1 hour ago, str8baller said:

Reminds me of Romeo Langford with how he gets to the rim. Not an Uber athlete but kind of knifes through traffic. 

Knifes through Stanford. Stanford was worse than IU defensively last year. If he comes to IU I'll watch more games of his but to take all stock in 1 game against Stanford is not a wise choice.

[Artie86 2,000]

10 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

My favorite time of the year too. If you want to celebrate my birthday in May downtown let me know:-).

Hey,…..mine’s May 5th! Lol

[Trish 11,662]

12 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

My favorite time of the year too. If you want to celebrate my birthday in May downtown let me know:-).

Sounds like a plan! 

[Chris007 44,918]

2 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

Hey,…..mine’s May 5th! Lol

So is my mom’s. Mine is May 19. I expect IU to be done with the portal by then.

[Artie86 2,000]

11 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

So is my mom’s. Mine is May 19. I expect IU to be done with the portal by then.

Sooo cool! My 1st cousin’s is the 5th as well she alway said I stole her birthday! lol

[Shooter 394]

4 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

If IU signs Rice as expected, I sure hope they pair him with a good shooter in the back-court. We can hope/expect/project a big Soph leap in shooting all we want,  but a Rice/Carlyle backcourt with Trey off the bench, sure doesn't say 'huge improvement' to me, certainly in shooting anyway. We'd need a huge defensive improvement, since as I already said earlier in this thread, Rice/Carlyle/Mbako/Reneau/Any center on the list currently = a 4 in 1 out offense. Probably 52ppg for the team :( 

I think Rice will be a fine shooter. But I agree, if we are going to play two bigs together again, both wings need to be knockdown shooters. Mgbako is one. Of the guys we're rumored to be in on, I want Conwell or Hickman for that other spot.

Gallo will still get heavy minutes as sixth man. But I think Gallo lineups work best with a shooter like Mgbako at the 4.

[Shooter 394]

1 hour ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Ballo's three visits set up are IU, Louisville, and Kansas State -- all pretty much back to back with the first being at IU.  Louisville has money but players all bailing the program and had to go to like choice #5 for their coach.  Kansas State has a good coach who has used the portal well, but in terms of history of using players like Ballo, it's pretty non-existent.  From an individual standpoint, I would have to think that Ballo would view IU as the best situation.

In terms of offense, I certainly get the spacing issues at IU.  But something that does deserve some consideration is that Ballo hasn't been a guy who demands a ton of touches on offense.  He's a dominant rebounder and good interior defnder, but he's a guy that only takes 8 shots per game since he's been a starter at Arizona and a decent number of those are on put backs as he's an exceptional offensive rebounder.  He's not likely to be a guy who IU feeds the ball to constantly like we did with TJD -- he's not likely to get the touches Ware did as well.  But he is a big who was used to setting picks on Arizona to get shots for other guys, something we didn't really ask as much of from TJD or Ware.

The dude is ranked as the top or second best guy in the portal right now.  There is a reason for that.

Agree. If Woodson is married to Reneau being a 4, I think Ballo is pretty much the best case scenario as the 5. He's an absolutely elite rebounder, which fills a big need for us.

[RaceToTheTop 26,223]

Who starts is completely irrelevant, IMO.  It's all about minutes.  Right now we know Galloway, MM, MR, and Tucker are going to get minutes.  If Rice comes in he's getting a ton.  There will be a big coming in getting big minutes and I suspect another guard and a backup 4/5.  That's seven guys.  Cupps and Leal at 8 and 9 in some order.  Newton will probably have to work his way back.

There are going to games where guys are out with injury/illiness.  There are going to be some minutes when guys have to sit due to foul problems.  I know that in the tournament rotations shorten but during the regular season I expect you'll see a rotation of at least 9 in most games.

[RaceToTheTop 26,223]

Another Ant Wright tweet

 

[ib4iu 350]

Instead of hoping Mike Woodson would only play one big let’s shift the hope to MR continuing to develop his athleticism and shooting to play more outside. I’d much rather put hope in MR than MW. 

[HoosierTrav 7,900]

7 hours ago, Adillac said:

We are handing out hundreds of thousands of dollars to players and I'd just hope we would try for someone who shoots better than 27% from 3pt, seeing as how we were essentially the worst 3pt shooting team in the country last year. But then again, Woody is our coach so it shouldn't be surprising. 

He shot poorly on guarded 3’s but actually shot over 40% on unguarded 3’s. He has the potential to shoot it from deep. Can get better. Really good lead guard. Pair him with Conwell and we're cooking. Still think Mgbako playing the 3 is a mistake. Karaban from UConn basically the same player and UConn plays him at the 4. 

[Hoosierfanyuh 2,380]

Ive talked myself into really wanting Ballo…

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,331]

7 hours ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Ive talked myself into really wanting Ballo…

It didn't take me long .  I watched more film, realized he was only 21 (was he on a college campus at 16 years old?)... 

Let's add Rice and Ballo today! 

[68Hoosier 631]

10 hours ago, Chris007 said:

So is my mom’s. Mine is May 19. I expect IU to be done with the portal by then.

Mine is the 16th, Let me know when and where.  

[Demo 20,386]

47 minutes ago, btownqb said:

It didn't take me long .  I watched more film, realized he was only 21 (was he on a college campus at 16 years old?)... 

Let's add Rice and Ballo today! 

Agree completely. They’ve got to add a big. Probably a couple. I can’t get my mind around NOT wanting a physical, experienced rebounder/defender/PnR finisher who doesn’t need shots. Would be a huge get.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,331]

3 minutes ago, Demo said:

Agree completely. They’ve got to add a big. Probably a couple. I can’t get my mind around NOT wanting a physical, experienced rebounder/defender/PnR finisher who doesn’t need shots. Would be a huge get.

Rice, Ballo, MM, MR, Trey, Tucker, Leal, Cupps, Newton really isn't a bad start to this thing. You'd still have 4 schollies to play with there. 

[BGVille Hoosierfan 2,913]

8 hours ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Ive talked myself into really wanting Ballo…

If Woody is going to play 1990s style basketball then might as well get the best players for that system. I don’t agree with it and don’t think you can win meaningful titles with it but Woody has shown us he’s not going to change. I think if he accumulated all this talent and can’t get to the tournament and win a game or two, then it’s meaningless to keep him around.

[AKHoosier 7,030]

8 hours ago, Hoosierfanyuh said:

Ive talked myself into really wanting Ballo…

He definitely raises our floor in a major way, which is exciting.

However, if we don't land any shooters then I don't know how many more wins we'll have than this past season.

Is he an upgrade over Ware? I don't really think he is.

[Chris007 44,918]

Kanaan Caryle come on down you are next on the Indiana Hoosiers Portal. The price is right and you get to play with your buddy Myles Rice. After discussing it with my buddy Tyme I think both of these guys are done deals